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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Saturday, July 12, 2025
  • 15:00 - 18:00  
    IS-MPMI Registration Desk
  • Sunday, July 13, 2025
  • 08:00 - 14:30  
    Satellite Meeting: 11th International Powdery Mildew Workshop

    Organizer: Ralph Panstruga – RWTH Aachen University

    Organizer: Marion C. Müller – Technical University Munich, Chair of Phytopathology

    Organizer: Isabel Saur

  • 08:00 - 18:00  
    IS-MPMI Registration Desk
  • 12:00 - 16:00  
    Speaker Ready Room Open
  • 12:30 - 14:45  
    Satellite Meeting: Building careers in MPMI through effective mentoring

    Organizer: Ruby Tiwari – Donald Danforth Plant Science Ctr

  • 13:00 - 15:00  
    Poster Session 1 Set-Up
  • 14:00 - 14:45  
    First Timers Orientation
  • 15:15 - 15:45  
    Opening Ceremony
  • 15:15 - 19:00  
    Poster Hall Open
  • 15:45 - 17:35  
    Opening Keynote and Plenary Session 1
    Chair: Alga Zuccaro (she/her/hers) – Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Cologne, The Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS)
    Chair: Paul Schulze-Lefert – Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
    Plenary Session
  • 17:30 - 19:00  
    Congress Kickoff
  • 18:30 - 19:15  
    IS-MPMI Board of Directors Meeting
  • Monday, July 14, 2025
  • 07:30 - 16:00  
    Speaker Ready Room Open
  • 07:30 - 18:00  
    IS-MPMI Registration Desk
  • 08:15 - 09:55  
    Plenary Session 2
    Chair: Thomas Ott – Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg
    Plenary Session
  • 09:55 - 10:30  
    Coffee Break
    Networking
  • 09:55 - 17:30  
    Poster Hall Open
  • 10:30 - 12:00  
    Concurrent Session: Plant-virus Interactions (incl. Viromes, Evolution & Vectors)
    Co-Chair: Laura Medina-Puche – Department of Plant Biochemistry, Centre for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), Eberhard Karls University
    Co-Chair: Francisco Murilo Zerbini – Universidade Federal de Vicosa
    Concurrent Session
  • 10:30 - 12:00  
    Concurrent Session: Population Biology, Ecology & Genomics
    Co-Chair: Honour McCann – Max Planck Institute for Biology
    Co-Chair: Stig U. Andersen – Aarhus University
    Concurrent Session
  • 10:30 - 12:00  
    Concurrent Session: Symbiosis and Mutualism (mycorrhiza and N-fixing Rhizobia)
    Co-Chair: Caroline Gutjahr – Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
    Co-Chair: Georgina Hernandez, PhD (she/her/hers) – Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM)
    Mutualistic symbioses between plants and fungi or bacteria are based on the exchange of nutrients and are characterized by reciprocal benefits and close physical interaction, including in most cases accommodation of the microbes inside host cells. This requires fine-tuned signaling and cellular remodeling of both partners to reach and maintain compatibility, and to terminate the interaction in a timely manner to prevent parasitism. In this session we highlight recent findings on signaling, development, regulation, functioning, molecular diversity and evolution of mutualistic plant-microbe symbioses.
    Concurrent Session
  • 12:00 - 13:30  
    Lunch Break
    Networking
  • 13:30 - 15:15  
    Coffee Break
  • 13:30 - 15:15  
    Session 1 Presenting Authors at Posters (Odds)
    Poster
  • 15:15 - 16:45  
    Concurrent Session: Extracellular & Intracellular non-self recognition & signaling (1)
    Co-Chair: Jane Parker – Department of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Max-Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
    Co-Chair: Kee Hoon Sohn, PhD (he/him/his) – Seoul National University
    Concurrent Session
  • 15:15 - 16:45  
    Concurrent Session: Management of diseases and emerging diseases
    Co-Chair: Kamil Witek – 2Blades, The Sainsbury Laboratory
    Concurrent Session
  • 15:15 - 16:45  
    Concurrent Session: Microbial infection strategies (pathogens & non-pathogens)
    Co-Chair: Armin Djamei – INRES- Plant Pathology, University of Bonn
    Co-Chair: Amey Redkar, PhD (he/him/his) – National Centre for Biological Sciences
    Concurrent Session
  • 16:45 - 17:30  
    Coffee Break
    Networking
  • 17:30 - 19:10  
    Plenary Session 3
    Chair: Peng Yu – 1Universität Bonn INRES - Root Functional Biology 3 TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Germany
    Plenary Session
  • Tuesday, July 15, 2025
  • 07:45 - 13:00  
    IS-MPMI Registration Desk
  • 07:45 - 13:00  
    Speaker Ready Room Open
  • 08:15 - 09:55  
    Plenary Session 4
    Chair: Caroline Gutjahr – Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
    Plenary Session
  • 09:55 - 11:30  
    Coffee Break
    Networking
  • 09:55 - 11:30  
    Poster Hall Open
  • 09:55 - 11:30  
    Session 1 Presenting Authors at Posters (Evens)
    Poster
  • 11:30 - 13:00  
    Concurrent Session: Effector Interference Mechanisms
    Co-Chair: Saskia A. Hogenhout – Crop Genetics Dept., John Innes Centre
    Co-Chair: Joo Hyun Lee (she/her/hers) – Seoul National University​
    Concurrent Session
  • 11:30 - 13:00  
    Concurrent Session: RNA on the move: Advances in Cross-Species Communication & Translational Research
    Co-Chair: Mahmut Tör – University of Worcester
    Co-Chair: Roger W. Innes, PhD (he/him/his) – Indiana University Bloomington
    Concurrent Session
  • 11:30 - 13:00  
    Concurrent Session: Subcellular dynamics and signaling in host-microbe interactions
    Co-Chair: Myriam Charpentier – John Innes Centre
    Co-Chair: WEN SONG (he/him/his) – China Agricultural University
    Concurrent Session
  • 11:30 - 13:30  
    Poster Session 1 Take-Down
  • 13:00 - 19:00  
    Free Afternoon
    Networking
  • Wednesday, July 16, 2025
  • 07:30 - 09:30  
    Poster Session 2 Set-Up
  • 07:45 - 16:00  
    Speaker Ready Room Open
  • 07:45 - 18:00  
    IS-MPMI Registration Desk
  • 08:15 - 09:55  
    Plenary Session 5
    Chair: Honour McCann – Max Planck Institute for Biology
    Plenary Session
  • 09:55 - 10:30  
    Coffee Break
    Networking
  • 09:55 - 17:30  
    Poster Hall Open
  • 10:30 - 12:00  
    Concurrent Session: Discrimination of friend from foe (2)
    Co-Chair: Clara Sánchez-Rodríguez (she/her/hers) – 1Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) – Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA/CSIC), Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain
    Co-Chair: Ari Sadanandom – Durham University
    Concurrent Session
  • 10:30 - 12:00  
    Concurrent Session: Local and inter-organ signaling in immunity and mutualistic interactions
    Co-Chair: Jean T. Greenberg, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Chicago
    Co-Chair: Charles Roussin-Leveillee, PhD – University of Lausanne
    Concurrent Session
  • 10:30 - 12:00  
    Concurrent Session: Plant Interactions with nematodes & parasitic plants
    Co-Chair: Xiaoli Guo, PhD – Huazhong Agricultural University
    Co-Chair: Ken Shirasu, PhD (he/him/his) – RIKEN CSRS
    Concurrent Session
  • 12:00 - 13:30  
    Lunch Break
    Networking
  • 13:30 - 15:15  
    Coffee Break
    Networking
  • 13:30 - 15:15  
    Session 2 Presenting Authors at Posters (Odds)
    Poster
  • 15:15 - 16:45  
    Concurrent Session: Crop resistance genetics and genomics
    Co-Chair: Peter Dodds, PhD – CSIRO Agriculture and Food
    Co-Chair: Brande Wulff – King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
    Concurrent Session
  • 15:15 - 16:45  
    Concurrent Session: Microbe-mediated impacts on plant-parasite interactions
    Co-Chair: Lingfei Hu – Zhejiang University
    Co-Chair: Nina Fatouros – Wageningen University & Research
    Concurrent Session
  • 15:15 - 16:45  
    Concurrent Session: Plant microbiota functions and intermicrobial interactions
    Co-Chair: Yang Bai – Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Co-Chair: Paulo Teixeira (he/him/his) – University of Sao Paulo/
    Concurrent Session
  • 16:45 - 17:30  
    Coffee Break
    Networking
  • 17:30 - 18:45  
    Plenary Session 6
    Chair: Eva Stukenbrock – University of Kiel
    Plenary Session
  • 20:00 - 20:45  
    Early Career & Outstanding Achievement Awardee Presentations
    Networking
  • 20:45 - 21:30  
    Open Science Discussion: Publication and Research Integrity
  • Thursday, July 17, 2025
  • 07:45 - 13:30  
    Speaker Ready Room Open
  • 07:45 - 17:30  
    IS-MPMI Registration Desk
  • 08:15 - 09:55  
    Plenary Session 7
    Chair: Armin Djamei – INRES- Plant Pathology, University of Bonn
    Plenary Session
  • 09:55 - 10:30  
    Coffee Break
    Networking
  • 09:55 - 15:15  
    Poster Hall Open
  • 10:30 - 12:00  
    Concurrent Session: Emerging and re-emerging pathosystems
    Co-Chair: Eva Stukenbrock – University of Kiel
    Co-Chair: Sylvain Raffaele – LIPME, INRAE - CNRS, Université de Toulouse, Castanet Tolosan, France
    Concurrent Session
  • 10:30 - 12:00  
    Concurrent Session: Engineering plant-microbe traits
    Co-Chair: Luis Rubio – Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
    Co-Chair: Adam R. Bentham – Durham University
    Concurrent Session
  • 10:30 - 12:00  
    Concurrent Session: Plant Regulation of biotic and abiotic stress – trade-offs
    Co-Chair: Kenichi Tsuda – Huazhong Agricultural University
    Co-Chair: Sheng Yang He, PhD – Duke University, HHMI
    Concurrent Session
  • 12:00 - 13:30  
    Lunch Break
    Networking
  • 13:30 - 15:15  
    Coffee Break
    Networking
  • 13:30 - 15:15  
    Session 2 Presenting Authors at Posters (Evens)
    Poster
  • 15:15 - 16:45  
    Concurrent Session: Nutrient exchange & role of metabolites in plant-microbe interactions
    Co-Chair: Mary Wildermuth – University of California, Berkeley
    Co-Chair: Ertao Wang – CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences
    Concurrent Session
  • 15:15 - 16:45  
    Concurrent Session: Spatial & temporal resolution of the interaction interface
    Co-Chair: Unnati Sonawala – Crop Science Centre, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
    Co-Chair: Tatsuya Nobori – The Sainsbury Laboratory
    Concurrent Session
  • 15:15 - 16:45  
    Concurrent Session: Structure Informed Synthetic Biology: From Design to Function
    Co-Chair: Jiorgos Kourelis – Imperial University
    Co-Chair: Mark J. Banfield – John Innes Centre
    Concurrent Session
  • 15:15 - 17:15  
    Poster Session 2 Take-Down
  • 16:45 - 17:30  
    Coffee Break
    Networking
  • 17:30 - 19:20  
    Plenary Session 8 & Closing Remarks
    Chair: Silke Robatzek – LMU Biocentre
    Chair: Paul Schulze-Lefert – Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
    Plenary Session
  • 19:30 - 21:30  
    Congress Closing Celebration (ticket required)
    Ticket not included with registration. Must prepurchase during registration before 7 July. No onsite tickets will be sold. 

    Celebrate the culmination of an inspiring week at our Closing Celebration! This is your chance to reflect on new connections, key takeaways, and memorable moments while enjoying a relaxed, casual atmosphere. Join us as we close out the congress with energy, appreciation, and a sense of community!

    Networking